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動詞

uncurl ‎(三人称単数 現在形 uncurls, 現在分詞 uncurling, 過去形および過去分詞形 uncurled)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To straighten out from being curled up.

   The hedgehog uncurled when its predators had left.

   • John Dryden, The Hind and the Panther

     But when his foe lyes prostrate on the plain,
     He sheaths his paws, uncurls his angry mane;
     And, pleas'd with bloudless honours of the day,
     Walks over, and disdains th' inglorious Prey.

   • Rudyard Kipling, The Elephant's Child

     Then he uncurled his trunk and knocked two of his dear brothers head over heels.